Illustrator and director Yoshitoshi Shinomiya is directing a new anime film tentatively titled A New Dawn that is scheduled to open in theaters in Japan in 2025.
Shinomiya’s first feature-length directorial work centers on a 330-year-old fireworks factory that is about to be forcibly evicted.
The film is a joint production between ASMIK Ace and French studio Miyu Productions (Ghost Cat Anzu).
The film will be featured in an animation showcase with Shinomiya introducing the work and a making-of video for the Annecy International Film Festival’s “Animation Day” on May 19.